Alice Cooper tees off with Icelandic golfer in Copenhagen

Rock icon Alice Cooper traded his stage persona for a golf club, playing a round with Icelandic golfer Óli Rúnar Eyjólfsson in Copenhagen. Cooper, in Denmark for the Copenhell music festival, accepted Eyjólfsson's invitation for an early morning game at the Smørum Golf Club.

Eyjólfsson, who has past experience organizing concerts for the festival's promoter Live Nation, reached out to Cooper's agent. The 78-year-old rocker, a keen golfer, had previously expressed interest in playing golf during his 2016 visit to Denmark. This time, the request was met with a positive response.

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This guy is an absolute genius. I was a bit starstruck at first.

"This guy is an absolute genius. I was a bit starstruck at first," Eyjólfsson said of Cooper. He described the initial surreal feeling of picking up the legendary musician from his hotel, but this quickly faded as they bonded over golf, music, and life stories. Eyjólfsson noted Cooper's grounded and "nice" demeanor, comparing it to meeting an elderly relative.

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When you had picked him up and sat with him in the car for ten minutes, it was just like you had picked up your elderly relative. He was such a down-to-earth and nice guy.

During their game, Cooper shared anecdotes from his days at the legendary Rainbow Bar in Los Angeles, recounting nights spent with icons like John Lennon and Keith Moon. Despite the challenging, dry conditions of the course, Eyjólfsson managed to score better than Cooper, though the rocker was playing the course for the first time.

This golf outing is not Cooper's first encounter with Icelandic golf. In 2005, he famously played a midnight round shortly after landing in Iceland for a concert.

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It was just an incredibly fun day.